Melalap, Malaysia

For the state constituency, see Melalap (state constituency).

Melalap
Melalap Town, a House near the Former Railway Station of North Borneo Railway.
Melalap Location within Borneo
Coordinates: 5°14′31.5″N 115°59′53.9″E
Country	Malaysia
State	Sabah
District	Tenom
Division	Interior Division
Elevation	200 m (660 ft)
Highest elevation	1,282 m (4,206 ft)
Population  (2020)
• Total	25,084

Melalap is a small rural town and mukim in the Tenom District of Interior Division, Sabah, Malaysia. It is located approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) north of Tenom, 27 km (17 mi) south of Keningau and 160 km (99 mi) south of the capital state, Kota Kinabalu. Melalap former stop for Sabah State Railway is the Melalap railway station, which is now abandoned.

Infrastructure

Melalap has undergoing upgrade, featuring a new RM42 million water treatment plant to fix supply shortfalls, a RM42 million road project to ease traffic in Federal Route 500, phased streetlight repairs, and a heritage-themed weekly market development. Housing and Urban Development Board was also proposed in Melalap town, along a new township as well as oil palm plantation belongs to SD Guthrie (formerly Sime Darby).

Geography

The area of Melalap is flat with some is undulating hilly and mountainous, which was bounded by the Crocker Range on the west, while other local paved hilly roads were provide by the Witti Range to the east. Flat areas are mostly covered with palm trees, with some provide by oil palm plantation. The longest river within the nearby area of Melalap is the Pegalan River, which was a tributary to the Padas River.